| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 20 January 1987 – 27 December 1987 | 
| Edition | 10th | 
| Tournaments | 61 | 
| Achievements (singles) | |
| ← 1986   1988 → | |
The ATP Challenger Series is the second-tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1987 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprises 61 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $75,000. [1]
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 5 | No tournaments scheduled. | ||||
| January 12 | No tournaments scheduled. | ||||
| January 20 | Viña del Mar Challenger  Viña del Mar, Chile $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw |  Peter Moraing 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |  Roberto Azar |  Pablo Arraya  Alejandro Ganzábal |  Ricardo Acuña  Jimmy Brown  Gustavo Garetto  Hugo Chapacú | 
|  Francisco González  Víctor Pecci 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 |  José López-Maeso  Alberto Tous | ||||
| January 26 | No tournaments scheduled. | ||||
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4 | No tournaments scheduled. | ||||
| May 11 | Raleigh Challenger  Raleigh, United States $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw |  Jimmy Brown 1–6, 6–0, 6–1 |  Al Parker |  Gary Muller  Marc Flur |  Ricardo Acuña  John Sadri  Wayne Hearn  Mike De Palmer | 
|  Rill Baxter  Mike De Palmer 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 |  Brian Levine  David Macpherson | ||||
| Waiblingen Challenger  Waiblingen, West Germany $50,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw |  Alberto Tous w/o |  Roland Stadler |  Jean-Philippe Fleurian  Alex Antonitsch |  Thierry Champion  Peter Lundgren  Ivo Werner  Marko Ostoja | |
|  Jaroslav Navrátil  Mark Woodforde 6–3, 7–5 |  Alex Antonitsch  Peter Lundgren | ||||
| May 18 | No tournaments scheduled. | ||||
| May 25 | Montabaur Challenger  Montabaur, West Germany $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw |  Niclas Kroon 6–1, 6–3 |  Wolfgang Popp |  Christian Weis  Edoardo Mazza |  Danilo Marcelino  David Engel  Jesús Colás  Nuno Marques | 
|  Axel Hornung  Christian Saceanu 6–3, 6–4 |  Jorge Lozano  Agustín Moreno | ||||
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 7 | East London Challenger  East London, South Africa $25,000 – hard – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw |  Pieter Aldrich 6–3, 6–2 |  Mark Keil |  Luke Jensen  Barry Moir |  Daniel Marco  Brian Levine  Byron Talbot  Derek Tarr | 
|  Luke Jensen  Byron Talbot 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |  Stephan Medem  Geoff Roper | ||||
| December 14 | Port Elizabeth Challenger  Port Elizabeth, South Africa $25,000 – hard – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw |  Michael Robertson 6–4, 6–2 |  Denys Maasdorp |  Hans-Dieter Beutel  Byron Talbot |  Pieter Aldrich  Brent Pirow  Luke Jensen  Philip Johnson | 
|  Neil Broad  Stefan Kruger 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |  Craig Boynton  Tom Mercer | ||||
| December 21 | Cape Town Challenger  Cape Town, South Africa $25,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw |  Pieter Aldrich 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 |  Mike Bauer |  Luke Jensen  Neil Broad |  Alex Stepanek  Christo Steyn  Kevin Moir  Philip Johnson | 
|  Neil Broad  Stefan Kruger 6–4, 6–2 |  Mike Bauer  Luke Jensen | 
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1987 ATP Challenger Series. The players/nations are sorted by: (1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); (2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; (3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
| Total | Nation | S | D | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 |  United States  (USA) | 10 | 20 | 
| 15 |  Sweden  (SWE) | 6 | 9 | 
| 11 |  West Germany  (FRG) | 8 | 3 | 
| 9 |  Canada  (CAN) | 5 | 4 | 
| 8 |  Australia  (AUS) | 5 | 3 | 
| 8 |  Czechoslovakia  (TCH) | 3 | 5 | 
| 8 |  South Africa  (RSA) | 2 | 6 | 
| 6 |  Italy  (ITA) | 3 | 3 | 
| 5 |  Brazil  (BRA) | 2 | 3 | 
| 5 |  France  (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 
| 5 |  Great Britain  (GBR) | 0 | 5 | 
| 4 |  Peru  (PER) | 2 | 2 | 
| 3 |  Israel  (ISR) | 2 | 1 | 
| 3 |  Mexico  (MEX) | 2 | 1 | 
| 3 |  Spain  (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 
| 2 |  Argentina  (ARG) | 1 | 1 | 
| 2 |  Bahamas  (BHS) | 1 | 1 | 
| 2 |  Chile  (CHI) | 1 | 1 | 
| 2 |  India  (IND) | 1 | 1 | 
| 2 |  Uruguay  (URU) | 1 | 1 | 
| 2 |  Netherlands  (NED) | 0 | 2 | 
| 2 |  New Zealand  (NZL) | 0 | 2 | 
| 2 |  Nigeria  (NGR) | 0 | 2 | 
| 1 |  Haiti  (HAI) | 1 | 0 | 
| 1 |  Yugoslavia  (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 
| 1 |  Denmark  (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 
| 1 |  Finland  (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 
| 1 |  Iran  (IRN) | 0 | 1 | 
| 1 |  Luxembourg  (LUX) | 0 | 1 | 
| 1 |  Paraguay  (PAR) | 0 | 1 | 
| 1 |  Romania  (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 
| 1 |  Senegal  (SEN) | 0 | 1 | 
| 1 |  Switzerland  (SUI) | 0 | 1 |